French scientist denied US entry after phone messages critical of Trump found
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France’s research minister said a French scientist was denied entry to the US this month after immigration officers at an airport searched his phone and found messages in which he had expressed criticism of the Trump administration.
Honestly, dude probably dodged a bullet. Stay away from our shit hole country
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These guys are handing their phones over to show work itinerary in their emails amd the immigration officers are then going through all their other emails and messages.
Never, never, never, hand your unlocked phone over to an immigration officer. Print everything you need out before hand.
If you use fingerprint or face scan to unlock your phone, they can compel you to unlock your phone.
If you use a PIN, they cannot.
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My entry to China was really easy. I'm very concerned about my return trip to the US. I have to come back at my home and family are there.. doors anyone know if I'm denied entity if I can just book and flight and leave? Why do I need to have the government deport off in rolling to go on my own?
The cruelty is the point, so I imagine you would be detained and forcibly removed. They would make it as miserable for you as possible.
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There tends to be a general distaste toward politicians in general among the scientific community.
I fucking wonder why... Surely it's not the outright hostility towards them by this administration
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Dictators hate intellectuals.
I don't even have to name any specific one, its a trend across all dictatorships.
Yeah I've been waiting for someone in academia to piss Trump off enough for him to go full-on Pol Pot...
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Personally I'd like to visit the US for their national parks, or whatever is left after this administration policies.
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France’s research minister said a French scientist was denied entry to the US this month after immigration officers at an airport searched his phone and found messages in which he had expressed criticism of the Trump administration.
All countries should advise their citizens against traveling to the USA.
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France’s research minister said a French scientist was denied entry to the US this month after immigration officers at an airport searched his phone and found messages in which he had expressed criticism of the Trump administration.
I wonder how they search it. I doubt they manually read every fucking text message in all apps, so I guess they search for keywords or something.
So, let's say someone wanted to get someone in trouble, they could write them an email with some "incriminating" white text on white background and have them stopped by the thought police at the border.
It would be funny if they stopped some Canadian Mexican and found shittalk about Trump on his phone.
Btw. Does anyone have Ted Cruz's email address?
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Please don't say "Nazis". Like, which Nazis, the 1940s German ones or 2025 American ones? It's confusing. Please be clear next time you talk about them.
Nazis are Nazis, the rest is semantics.
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immigration officers at an airport searched his phone
There's no mention in the article if this search was voluntary, or not.
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WTF is a voluntary search?
"Attention all flight passengers. This is ICE on the speaker. If you want to be searched, please raise your hand and we will get to you shortly."
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Yeah but he can just say "hand over your unlocked phone or I will reject your entry" and then it's the same thing
Except nobody molested your phone.
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If you use fingerprint or face scan to unlock your phone, they can compel you to unlock your phone.
If you use a PIN, they cannot.
Restart your android before going through customs
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Nazis are Nazis, the rest is semantics.
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Please don't say "Nazis". Like, which Nazis, the 1940s German ones or 2025 American ones? It's confusing. Please be clear next time you talk about them.
The Magas
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WTF is a voluntary search?
"Attention all flight passengers. This is ICE on the speaker. If you want to be searched, please raise your hand and we will get to you shortly."
"May I have your permission to search through your phone?"
"Yes."
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All countries should advise their citizens against traveling to the USA.
It should be common sense.
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Yeah, but when you say "The Nazis literally did this with a law" it's not entirely clear if you mean the German Nazis from the 1940s or the American Nazis from the 2020s
Why does that matter? They're both Nazis.
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Why does that matter? They're both Nazis.
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It's important to distinguish the two. One was 85 years ago, the other is today... there might be other differences but can't think of any right now.
Nazis are Nazis. Ask the people in that El Salvadoran prison if the boots forcing their necks down look like 40s or 2020s Nazis. Their agony is your answer.
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Consent in a situation like this is difficult to establish, to the point of it being pointless.
Hard disagree.
Consenting to a search, or have one mandated by a judge's order, is one of the fundamental pillars of citizen rights and laws in this country.
Was it a legal or illegal search? That's not a pointless question to ask.
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